Johannes Janssonius "MAGNI DVCATVS LITHVANIÆ," Amsterdam, 22 x 18.5 inches, in two versions publishedc1636, along with a 1640 and a 1650 version. Compare with the 1680 and 1699 versions of the same map.

1648 Willem Blaeu: "MAGNI DVCATVS LITHVANIÆ," Amsterdam, 44 x 52 cm., dedicated to the Radziwils, Lithuanians who ordered Maciej Strubicz to map the area in 1584-95. In 1613 Johannes Jansonnius published a Hessel Gerritsz- engraved copy of that map; Blaeu copied/published a reduced and re-oriented version in 1648. The version from Harvard has Spanish text on the verso. See the 1662 version.

Joan Blaeu: "LIVONIA, Vulgo Lyefland," Amsterdam, in three versions from his "Atlas Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, sive, Atlas Novus," published 1630 - 1655 in six volumes, with maps by numerous cartographers, as well as by Willem and Joan Blaeu. See similar maps on this page.

1636Wroblewski Library of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences: elibrary.mab.lt

1625 Hondius Family - Gerard Mercator: "LIVONIA," London, 7.4 x 5.9 inches / 152 x 190 mm in four versions, and the full page of the fourth image. From the 1625-26 edition of the travels of cleric Samuel Purchas' "Purchas: His Pilgrimes." On a 13 x 9 inch sheet with English text, front and back.

c1627 Gerard Mercator: "LIVONIA," Amsterdam, 18 x 14 inches /36.5 x 46.5 cm., in four versions. This map, first issued with a different cartouche in 1595, from "Gerardi Mercatoris - Atlas sive Cosmographicae...," was later reissued by Hondius in Amsterdam in 1630, with a date of 1627 and Hondius' name in the lower right corner.

1625 Willem Blaeu: "Ryghsche Bodem" Am- sterdam, from his "HetLicht der Zeevaert" (Atlasof the Seas). North is onthe left, as is Reval(Talinn), Riga is at thetop, and Memel on the far right. From the Unv. of Tartu: http://dspace.utlib.ee/dspace

c1634 Gerard Mercator - Hondius Family: "Lithuania," Amsterdam, 5.7 x 7.9 inches. / 14.5 x 20.0 cm, in three versions. First published in 1607, this map is present on this site in 1620 and 1625 versions.

1650 Matthaus Merian: "Magni Dvcatvs LITHVANIÆ," Amsterdam, 39 x 32 cm., oriented with compass north on the right. Compare with the original basis for this map: the Blaeu-drawn, Hessel-Gerritsz- engraved, north at the top, 1613 map. Compare also with Merian's 1638 version published in Frankfurt, and Blaeu's 1648 and 1662 versions. From www.senizemelepiai.lt

1635LIETUVOS DAILĖS FONDAS: .ldfondas.lt

1635 T. Makowski (map- maker) - Hessel Gerritsz(engraver) - Blaeu (publish- er): "Magni Dvcatvs Litvan- iæ," Amsterdam. First time Makowski's name is not on this map. From the Lithuanian National Museum: http://www.lnm.lt

c1636 Gerard Mercator - Jan Jansson: "Livoniæ et Curlandiæ Descriptio." Amsterdam, 36.5 x 47 cm / 14.4 x 18.5 inches, in an apparently unrecorded Third State of Mercator's original map, first published in the "Atlantis Pars Altera'" in 1595. In the second state Mercator's imprint of Mercator is retained but "Amstelodami, Sumptibus Henrici Hondii. 1627" was added in the lower right corner. The heavy stippling of the sea has been removed in this 3rd state, perhaps to make it acceptable for the new "Atlas Novus" From www.caburden.com